WATCH: Cristhian Bahena Rivera murder trial resumes Share Updated: 8:51 AM CDT May 24, 2021 Share Updated: 8:51 AM CDT May 24, 2021
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 8:51 AM CDT May 24, 2021 Witnesses return to the stand Monday in the Cristhian Bahena Rivera murder trial.Bahena Rivera is charged with first-degree murder in the 2018 death of Mollie Tibbetts.During Friday s proceedings, witness testimony focused on DNA evidence in the case.The prosecution submitted photos of the field where Mollie Tibbetts body was found and two witnesses were questioned about what they found at the crime scene.DCI criminalist Amy Johnson said Tibbetts body was covered in corn stocks and some of her clothing was found 24 feet away. Johnson also examined Bahena Rivera s Chevy Malibu and testified that four stains found in the truck tested presumptive positive for blood.Tara Scott,
neon running shoes, such a significant symbol because she was an avid runner and ultimately abducted on her nightly run rate of parts of her remains appeared to be visible in some photos including her long dark hair and her hand. just steps away from her body, dark running shorts and her underpants. an investigator on the scene testified these items were removed from her body. police say christian rivera led them to the body hidden deep among the corn, charged with first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty. also for the first time, we see the inside of christian rivera s trunk where he confessed he placed molly s body. a crime scene investigator testified for different areas of blood were found inside that trunk, prosecutors say some of it was molly tibbets. inside that trunk of my peers to be blood seal of the trunk and discover that blood there during their search and i spoke to two members of molly tibbets family on the ground and they told us they anticipated some of the
he s on the pyre. i understand why it s upset a lot of people, i think it is the optics of it are just terrible and this is probably a good idea why if you are a journalist, you shouldn t interview on the air someone who is part of your midyear family. sandra: thank you and have a wonderful weekend with them i you. john? john: seeing him again on sunday morning. fox news alert now, courtroom developments in the molly tibbets murder trial. pictures from crime scene has he would imagine the images are very graphic. matt finn live in davenport i well with the latest on the trial. this case is about molly tibbets, o young girl brutally stabbed to death, her body dumped in a cornfield likely left there for a full months in the high summer heat to decompose and now inside the courtroom where you are seeing some of these graphic photos for the first time, the first picture we can see molly tibbets
KCCI coverage: The Cristhian Bahena Rivera murder trial Share Updated: 6:19 AM CDT May 17, 2021
KCCI coverage: The Cristhian Bahena Rivera murder trial Share Updated: 6:19 AM CDT May 17, 2021
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Show Transcript INVESTIGATION. NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER THE MURDER OF A CENTRAL, IOWA COLLEGE STUDENT. MOLLY TIBBETT SHOCKED THE STATE AND THE NATION THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER IS HEADED TO TRIAL THIS WEEK. KCCI’S CHRIS GOTHNER WILL BE COVERING THE TRIAL ALL WEEK FOR US. HE IS IN DAVENPORT WITH A LOOK BACK ON THE CASE AND A LOOK AHEAD TO THE TRIAL. WE LOVE YOU. WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU AND WE’RE GONNA NEVER STOP JULY 18 2018 20 YEAR OLD MOLLY TIBBETS WAS DOG SITTING AT THE HOME OF HER BOYFRIEND’S BROTHER IN HER HOMETOWN OF BROOKLYN LAST TIME BOYFRIEND DALTON JACK HEARD FROM MOLLY WAS AROUND 10 PM THE NEXT DAY. HE GOT THE CALL FROM HER COWORKERS AT A GRINNELL DAYCARE SAYING SHE DIDN’T SHOW UP SETTING OFF AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR THE U